Martina Moravcová

Martina Moravcová
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Slovak Fish
Nationality Slovakia
Born (1976-01-16) 16 January 1976 (age 47)
Piešťany, Czechoslovakia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Websitemartinamoravcova.com
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes
ClubŠKP Kúpele Piešťany (Slovakia)
Dallas Mustangs (USA)
College teamSMU Mustangs
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Slovakia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 0
World Championships (LC) 0 3 2
World Championships (SC) 7 5 5
European Championships (LC) 3 10 1
European Championships (SC) 19 7 4
Universiade 5 0 1
Total 34 27 13
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Barcelona 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Perth 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona 100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1999 Hong Kong 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2000 Athens 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2002 Moscow 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2002 Moscow 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1997 Gothenburg 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Gothenburg 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Athens 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Indianapolis 100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Shanghai 100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2000 Helsinki 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1997 Sheffield 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1997 Seville 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2000 Helsinki 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Helsinki 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Berlin 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Berlin 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2006 Budapest 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Helsinki 50 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1996 Rostock 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Sheffield 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1998 Sheffield 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1999 Lisbon 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1999 Lisbon 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2000 Valencia 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2000 Valencia 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2000 Valencia 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2001 Antwerp 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2001 Antwerp 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2001 Antwerp 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2004 Vienna 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2005 Trieste 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1994 Stavanger 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1996 Rostock 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1998 Sheffield 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1999 Lisbon 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Dublin 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Stavanger 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Rostock 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Valencia 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Helsinki 100 m butterfly
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Catania 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Catania 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Catania 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1997 Catania 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Fukuoka 200 m medley

Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak medley, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, both achieved at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the 100-meter butterfly, she finished second to Inge de Bruijn, and in the 200-meter freestyle, she finished eight one-hundredths of a second to home favorite Susie O'Neill.

Early life

Martina Moravcová was born in 1976 in Piešťany. As a child, she liked to go to the swimming pool and swim in Váh river and when she became a young girl, participated in yachting on Sĺňava Lake. In the 1990s she moved to Dallas, Texas, where she started attending Southern Methodist University.

Career

In 1999, she was named the NCAA's Women's Swimmer of the Year While at SMU, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female swimmer in 1999. In 2002 and 2004, she was the top women's winner on FINA's World Cup series. Her 105 gold medals in this competition ranks her second all-time, behind Katinka Hosszú.

In 2014 she became a coach of a Slovak Swimming Camp at which she helped 700 children to achieve their goals.

Currently she is an assistant coach to Steve Collins at the Southern Methodist University and is a mother to two children.


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